If you like dinosaurs, you'll love our 200 million-year-old fossil trackway, interactive exhibits and the chance to cast your own dinosaur footprint to take home.

September 2018

Please note: The 300 foot bridge over the red maple swamp on the red trail will be closed in early September and replaced with a new handicapped accessible bridge. This portion of the parks trails will be closed for several months. The rest of the hiking trails will not be impacted. There will be no impact on the museum or visitors ability to see the dinosaur tracks. We appreciate your patience while we make this important improvement to our hiking trails.

Exit 23 off I-91 in Rocky Hill. Follow parks signs east on West Street for approximately 1 mile. The park is directly off West Street. Watch for signs and a large geodesic dome.

Fees

Passport to Parks eliminates day-use parking fees for all those entering in Connecticut registered vehicles. Yet, there is still a daily admission fee at Dinosaur, Gillette Castle and Fort Trumbull State Parks.

Adults (ages 13 and up) are $6, youth (ages 6 - 12) are $2, and children under 6 are free. Connecticut seniors over 65 years of age are eligible for a Charter Oak Pass (proof of residency is required).

The park accepts Visa, Master Card, and Discover Card for admission costs over $10. Admission costs less than $10 must be paid with cash or a check. Debit cards or American Express cards are not accepted.

Heritage PassportThe Heritage Passport allows the bearer to gain admittance to three facilities (Dinosaur, Fort Trumbull and Gillette Castle State Parks) for unlimited visitation until the end of the calendar year in which it was purchased. The Heritage Passport cost is $67.00 and will allow a family (2 adults and up to 4 children) unlimited admittance to the three facilities.The Heritage Passport can be purchased at any one of the three facilities.

The Connecticut Valley has a long history of fossil track discoveries. Outstanding specimens uncovered in 19th century brownstone quarries found their way into museums throughout the world. A new chapter in the history of such discoveries was written in 1966 when hundreds of tracks were exposed in Rocky Hill. This remarkable site became Dinosaur State Park.

This video documents the uncovering of a portion of the dinosaur trackway at the park in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. This large trackway has been buried since it first was discovered in 1966. Archival footage from the original discovery is showcased along with present day interviews at the visitors center.